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Why study colloids on the ISS?

Colloids are simply fine particles of solids, liquids, or gases suspended in a fluid. And you can find colloidal systems almost everywhere in nature and in industrial processes, such as in butter, milk, aerosols or paints. All of these substances are examples of colloidal dispersions or suspensions. But that's on...

Tags: phase separation, BCAT-3, Colloids

Blog posts 2005-10-04

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How green is your vendor?

Gartner analyst Simon Mingay on Tuesday unveiled ratings for technology vendors to highlight who's talking green and who's actually delivering. Just don't expect anything too quantitative just yet. Mingay's presentation at the Gartner Symposium ITXpo caught my attention given that every vendor is...

Tags: Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Facebook: Is there a Moore's Law for sharing?

Love it or hate it, that new look to Facebook - the one that everyone has been up in arms over - stems from our increasingly comfortable attitude about sharing tidbits of information about our personal lives. Admit it. The old site was getting cluttered with all of those shared...

Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Will Bush sign Pro-IP? Biz, labor, schools push for it

There's no word yet on whether President Bush will sign the PRO-IP bill [ZDN] but big business and labor were united in favor of the bill that creates a copyright czar in the executive branch. The bill originally called for the Justice Dept. to prosecute copyright...

Tags: Bill, President, IP, Justice Dept, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Nobel Laureate is the father of Kevin Mitnick investigator

We tend to say that information security is a small world. Conferences quickly become real-life demonstrations of the principle of six-degrees-of-separation. After a few years working in this industry, you either meet all or are within one hop of all the major players in the space; there just...

Tags: Information Security, Kevin Mitnick, Nobel Laureate, Osamu Shimomura, Productivity, Security, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Tempest or Nuclear Winter

A Hurricane Ike for Tech Start-Ups VentureWire Alert free subscription required today reported that venture capitalists are advising their portfolio firms to prepare for a potential nuclear winter. One venture capitalist featured in today's newsletter was quoted as telling firms "to slow down their burn rate, and...

Tags: Firm, Venture Capital, Product Development, Investment, Product Marketing, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Human Resources, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-09

AudioProc (exe)

AudioProc is a high-quality, linear-phase multiband audio dynamics processor for Winamp, utilizing 10-band compression/expansion/limiting technology that emulates expensive professional broadcast hardware. Intended to achieve a competitive 'on the air' sound signature resembling that of modern audio broadcast processors used by major market FM radio stations, AudioProc will normalize the volume...

Tags: Clay Hellman, AudioProc, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-10-09

JBL On Stage IIIP

Though they are portable devices, the iPod and the iPhone can make a wonderful source for headphone-free music when connected to a speaker. If you have a player full of great music and personalized playlists, you might as well play it out loud every once in a while. Unfortunately, several...

Tags: stereo separation, JBL, Stage IIIP, speaker, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone

Product reviews 2008-10-08

Smart grid tech player Silver Spring receives a cool $75M

Despite the ongoing financial meltdown, people still are throwing money around for greentech/cleantech companies. For now, at least. Silver Spring Networks, which develops Smart Grid technology, said it has received an additional $75 million in funding intended for global expansion. The investment round was led by Kleiner...

Tags: Financial, Venture Capital, Financial Accounting, Investment, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Financing Startups, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital

AMD said Tuesday that it will split off its manufacturing operations in a deal with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. AMD will also receive a capital infusion from Mubadala Development Company, which will wind up owning more than 19 percent of Intel's smaller rival. ...

Tags: Asset, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATIC, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments

I realize Advanced Micro Devices has some news in the offing this week that likely will supersede the urgency of this blog's content, but I wanted to recount some high points from a conversation I had about two weeks ago with Larry Vertal, the company's senior strategist when it comes...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Vertal, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-06

ZDNet blogger: working from home

More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...

Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Washington Times amongst newspapers putting semantic technologies to work with help from Inform Technologies

New York-based Inform Technologies issued a press release earlier this week, reporting the success of their recent partnership with the Washington Times on a major website redesign. Having spoken to both Inform's CEO Jim Satloff and the Washington Times' Executive Editor John Solomon, there's an interesting story to tell of...

Tags: Story, Editorial Staff, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Finance, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Congress passes 'unconstitutional' Pro-IP bill, Bush likely to veto

Congress passes 'unconstitutional' Pro-IP bill, Bush likely to vetoGee...What a surprise that a bunch of compromised congresscritters pass another attack on the People with the backing of the "Copyright Alliance". (read, BSA, MPAA, RIAA, MS, Time Warner, Disney...)It's good that Bush will veto it. Even though he's only doing it...

Tags: Blogging, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Bush, Pro-IP, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

Polk Audio DSW Pro 400 - subwoofer

When it comes to subwoofers, Polk Audio has at least four product lines with models in the sub-$600 price range (including some below just $200). After reviewing 8-inch models in the Monitor and PSW Series--the PSW10 and PSW111, respectively--we decided to check out the equivalent model in the DSW Pro...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DSW, DSW Pro 400

Product reviews 2008-09-26

Roll the Bones (exe)

Roll the Bones combines the game flow of a popular card game and the risk of a popular dice game. Players roll dice and compete to finish two goals in each of eight phases. The winner is the one who has the highest score when the last phase is finished....

Tags: Sylvan Pastimes, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-09-25

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional

Photo gallery:Adobe Flash CS4 ProfessionalWith Creative Suite 4, Adobe aims to make Flash easier for newbies to learn and less of a hassle for veteran users to use. Flash 4 offers a fundamentally different approach to animation with object-based tweening. In addition, the workspace is more elegant and options expand...

Tags: Flash 4, Adobe Systems Inc., animation, Flash CS3

Product reviews 2008-09-23

Let there be light: dissigno spurs off-the-grid development

This is one of those posts that I should have written many, many weeks ago because the green technology that's involved is of a type that will have an impact on much, much more than simply a corporate IT environment. Since I'm in a do-gooder mood this evening, this is...

Tags: Green Technology, Lamp, Vertical Industries, Free Trade, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Human Resources, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-22

What memory technology is Samsung after?

Samsung Electronics recently made public its $5.8 billion offer for SanDisk, a major manufacturer of memory cards. There are plenty of possible business motives behind this bid including the hefty royalties that Samsung pays to SanDisk to use its flash technology, and SanDisk's strong retail brands and distribution. But I'll...

Tags: 3D, NAND Flash, SanDisk Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NAND, Technology, Toshiba Corp., Cell, Chip, Flash Memory, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Glitch shuts 'Big Bang' collider for two months

A technical glitch has forced scientists to shut down the Large Hadron Collider which is built to simulate the conditions of the Big Bang. GENEVA--A technical glitch has forced scientists to shut down the huge particle-smashing machine built to simulate the conditions of the "Big Bang" for at least...

Tags: CERN, Scientist, Big Bang, Machine, Reuters, LHC, Large Hadron Collider, physics

News items 2008-09-22